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    2/19/2017 7:14 PM  #26

    50vert
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    Re: Custom trunk anyone?

    rpm wrote:

    Hornman wrote:

    Whatever happened to putting trunk batteries in sealed battery boxes vented outside the car?

     
    It depends on the battery. The old style battery still needs to be vented. Optima sealed type don't need vented.

    Some of the new batteries can even be mounted sideways or upside down ... not sure why you would want to though.
     

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    2/20/2017 9:04 AM  #27

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    Re: Custom trunk anyone?

    50vert wrote:

    rpm wrote:

    Hornman wrote:

    Whatever happened to putting trunk batteries in sealed battery boxes vented outside the car?

     
    It depends on the battery. The old style battery still needs to be vented. Optima sealed type don't need vented.

    Some of the new batteries can even be mounted sideways or upside down ... not sure why you would want to though.
     

     Arn't all batteries in OZ upside down compared to to the ones in North America? LOL ;)

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    2/20/2017 4:06 PM  #28

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    Re: Custom trunk anyone?

    Rudi wrote:

    50vert wrote:

    rpm wrote:


     
    It depends on the battery. The old style battery still needs to be vented. Optima sealed type don't need vented.

    Some of the new batteries can even be mounted sideways or upside down ... not sure why you would want to though.
     

     Arn't all batteries in OZ upside down compared to to the ones in North America? LOL ;)

      We also save on fuel pumps cos we use gravity feed.

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    2/20/2017 4:13 PM  #29

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    Re: Custom trunk anyone?

    50vert wrote:

    Rudi wrote:

    50vert wrote:


    Some of the new batteries can even be mounted sideways or upside down ... not sure why you would want to though.
     

     Arn't all batteries in OZ upside down compared to to the ones in North America? LOL ;)

      We also save on fuel pumps cos we use gravity feed.

    I always thought the motors turned the opposite direction down there.

    If this forum can't fix it, it isn't broke.
     

    2/20/2017 4:19 PM  #30

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    Re: Custom trunk anyone?

    wsinsle wrote:

    50vert wrote:

    Rudi wrote:


     Arn't all batteries in OZ upside down compared to to the ones in North America? LOL ;)

      We also save on fuel pumps cos we use gravity feed.

    I always thought the motors turned the opposite direction down there.

    As long as the distributor is in the front, not the back.

     

    2/21/2017 7:23 AM  #31

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    Re: Custom trunk anyone?

    This place sells a Nice Carpet Kit for Trunks. I really like the one I put in the Mach...

    http://ocautocarpets.com/i-9926924-1970-ford-mustang-trunk-mat-fastback-trunk-kit-with-boards-nylon.html?ref=category:370513

     

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